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Review: To Seduce A Sinner

Kelly Moran

Reviewer Kelly MoranÂ Kelly is an author of several published
books, recipient of anÂ Editor's Choice AwardÂ forÂ Outstanding
Achievement,Â was inducted into the 2006 Who's Who Book
ofÂ Americans,Â a Finalist in the 2008 Best Books Awards,Â and
a FinalistÂ in theÂ 2009 Indie Excellence Book Awards.Â
She is an activeÂ Romance Writers of AmericaÂ member and is a former
staff writer forÂ Poetic Monthly Magazine.

I was very much surprised by how much I enjoyed
To Seduce A Sinner, by Elizabeth Hoyt. Elizabeth Hoyt is
a USA Today best-selling author of historical romance. She also
writes contemporary romance under the pen name, Julia Harper. This
book follows her other titles: The Serpent Prince, To Taste
Temptation, The Leopard Prince, and The Raven Prince, with To Beguile
A Beauty coming soon. Elizabeth Hoyt resides in central Illinois with
her husband, two children, and three dogs.

Melisande Fleming has admired and adored Lord
Jasper Vale from a distance, watching him, heartbreakingly take lover
after lover, with him never knowing of her existence. But when Lord
Vale yet again gets jilted at the alter on his wedding day, Melisande
sees this as her opportunity, and boldly offers herself in marriage
to him. Vale weds Melisande, imagining a lifeless and loveless
marriage, if only to produce an heir. He soon discovers, though, that
this prim and proper lady by day, is an open and wanton lover by
night. Intrigued by his new wife, Lord Vale attempts to learn his
Lady’s secrets, masking the torment and nightmares from his
soldiering days in the Colonies. When a bitter betrayal from the past
threatens everything they hold dear, Lord Vale and Lady Melisande
find they must bear everything to one another or lose everything.

Historical romances typically aren’t my choice
of genres, as I find it difficult for me to orientate to place, time,
etc. This was not the case with To Seduce A Sinner. Set in 1765
England, Elizabeth Hoyt masterfully throws you into the setting,
characters, and plot with a vocabulary carefully chosen and relatable
characters, even for the modern day woman. Her understanding for
post-traumatic stress after the horrors of war can relate to even
today’s heroes. You never even know you’re in the real world
while reading. She set up the next book, To Beguile A Beauty, very
well, and yet still giving you closure to this story. Several times
while following the book, you think you have learned all the secrets
and horrors of the characters past, but then you are tossed another
heart-wrenching one to ache over. I particularly loved the
mini-subplot between the servants Mr. Pynch and Miss Suchlike, and
the “Laughing Jack” introduction to every chapter.

To Seduce A Sinner, by Elizabeth Hoyt, is a
skillfully, wicked, and sensuous tale, guaranteed to capture your
attention and heart. Well done!